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now to jennifer griffin at the pentagon who worked for us in the middle east for years, your thoughts on the abrupt resignation of general petraeus? >>reporter: i was shocked. i have known general petraeus since the beginning of the surge in iraq. one of my first assignments on this beat at the pentagon was to go to iraq and he had just been assigned there in 2007. i want to tell you what i know about him as a person. he is a man of intense moral fiber. when i was sick with cancer he would write notes that would check on me as well as many other -- at time he was responsible for the war in afghanistan and i saw him at numerous wounded warrior events and he would take hours and hours with the warriors. when i came back the first interview i came back after a year off for cancer treatment, i was invited to afghanistan and i had an interview with him when he first took over in afghanistan. i have phone him for a long-term. if you look at his history he married the superintendent's daughter at west point. when he was a cadet at west point holily was a superintendent's daughter and he was
now to jennifer griffin at the pentagon who worked for us in the middle east for years, your thoughts on the abrupt resignation of general petraeus? >>reporter: i was shocked. i have known general petraeus since the beginning of the surge in iraq. one of my first assignments on this beat at the pentagon was to go to iraq and he had just been assigned there in 2007. i want to tell you what i know about him as a person. he is a man of intense moral fiber. when i was sick with cancer he...
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they're using them as drone attacks as well as the pentagon. who knows what else he's up to but certainly his whole concept of counter insurgency violates the sovereignty of every nation on earth. it's a very dangerous position we're putting ourselves into weapon-wise. we can talk about untold history, where we get into the issue of where we're going, america -- >> i'll get to that. on petraeus, when the scandal broke about him having a mistress, is that grounds enough -- >> in england, it is. >> -- for him to resign? >> in england it is. our puritan morality dictates it. certainly it's not the reasons i would like to see him take a fall. it reminds me of the monica lewinsky scandal. it's tabloid. you love that in england. but here in america, the truth is he should have been long ago investigated far more severely by our media and he got a free pass because of the fruit salad and the congressional -- and in general, the entire american nation, the congress especially, has caved into this military worship of technology. i've seen that in the la
they're using them as drone attacks as well as the pentagon. who knows what else he's up to but certainly his whole concept of counter insurgency violates the sovereignty of every nation on earth. it's a very dangerous position we're putting ourselves into weapon-wise. we can talk about untold history, where we get into the issue of where we're going, america -- >> i'll get to that. on petraeus, when the scandal broke about him having a mistress, is that grounds enough -- >> in...
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what's the level of pentagon spending. the republicans have a totally different view on entitlement. then there still is the revenue battle. so i hope they do, but if they don't, i do not want to see congress once again blink and just evade its responsibility by pretending that this is something that can be kicked down the road. >> where are you specifically willing to compromise and where are you not willing to compromise on this issue? >> well, i'm willing to compromise everywhere. there were 100 of us in the house. 60 democrats and 40 republicans who sent a letter to the super committee when they were trying to come up with 1.2 trillion inn in debt reduction that said, go big. go for $4 trillion. we had democrats saying that that meant we had to have reforms in the way we do our entitlements, it had republicans saying we had to include revenues because we obviously knew that the only framework that has the potential for political and substantial success is with everything on the table. and that's the key. if everything'
what's the level of pentagon spending. the republicans have a totally different view on entitlement. then there still is the revenue battle. so i hope they do, but if they don't, i do not want to see congress once again blink and just evade its responsibility by pretending that this is something that can be kicked down the road. >> where are you specifically willing to compromise and where are you not willing to compromise on this issue? >> well, i'm willing to compromise...
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pentagon correspondent barbara starr broke this story just a short time ago. barbara, what is the former cia director expected to say? >> well, kate and wolf. i have spoken to a source, a long-standing source of mine who is close to petraeus, someone who is not a junior aide. petraeus wants to go to the capitol hill and clear this up. that petraeus, as cia director, knew almost immediately, that's how the source characterizes it, that al qaeda sympathizer group in libya was behind the attack. but the confusion emerged very quickly, as well. because petraeus and the cia had about 20 different intelligence reports, we are told, that indicated it was due to that anti-islamic film back in cairo that had sparked the riots. so, what you have here are two questions on the table. who is responsible and what was their motivation? what we now understand is petraeus will tell the committee those 20 reports or so about the it being a spontaneous riot because people objected to the film. those reports were disproved over time. but not until after petraeus made that initial
pentagon correspondent barbara starr broke this story just a short time ago. barbara, what is the former cia director expected to say? >> well, kate and wolf. i have spoken to a source, a long-standing source of mine who is close to petraeus, someone who is not a junior aide. petraeus wants to go to the capitol hill and clear this up. that petraeus, as cia director, knew almost immediately, that's how the source characterizes it, that al qaeda sympathizer group in libya was behind the...
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reported this what has been sort of the reaction to all this whole the pentagon doesn't seem to like it at all it's weird how it seems like the pentagon at this point should really just start rethinking how they handle their public relations i mean i guess you could go back and say that they've always had a bit of a problem but. this is something that people still want to know about where they're getting in trouble for allegedly breaking nondisclosure agreements and releasing or sharing classified information we don't know what something needed to the game it has nothing to with bin ladin apparently but something made it there in the pentagon never signed off on it so it seems we know that other information have been moderated went to hollywood already and there's already been a congressional or calls for congressional inquiry into that but it seems like the pentagon is really picking and choosing who they want to reprimand who they want to hold accountable for what i think is really good point i remember we saw a few months ago that story on sixty minutes you know those i believe th
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also today the pentagon released a new timeline of the response to the attack showing it took more than 14 hours for first u.s. military unit to arrive in libya after the attack. all right. >> joining me now is syndicated radio talk show host john bachelor. john, welcome back. david petraeus is a great american, an admired american. now he has to resign from the cia, why, john? what is the meaning of this? what is the timing of this? >> i am told by several sources it was not beauty killed the beast, larry. it was benghazi. mr. petraeus misled, i'm told. misled an important committee on the hill and he did not want to return to that committee as director of the central intelligence. >> so you're saying that the extra marital affair is not the reason? it's the reason he's cited, but you're saying? fact, that's not the case? there's a whole history of these things in spy circles and secret services and blackmail and you're saying that ain't what happened? >> i'm surprised at the timing and the timing tells us a deal. i am told, larry, this is my best information that mr. be petraeus has b
also today the pentagon released a new timeline of the response to the attack showing it took more than 14 hours for first u.s. military unit to arrive in libya after the attack. all right. >> joining me now is syndicated radio talk show host john bachelor. john, welcome back. david petraeus is a great american, an admired american. now he has to resign from the cia, why, john? what is the meaning of this? what is the timing of this? >> i am told by several sources it was not beauty...
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what is the concern for the pentagon now? >> well, you know, that's exactly why these are out there conducting this surveillance. it's absolutely critical. >> to keep the oil shipping lanes open free, no problems on the waters. our concern is that iran, if it takes a military action, would begin in the gulf by mining those waters, so the drones are helpful in keeping a wide surveillance from above, watching the waters making sure nobody is putting out any mines. it's all about the oil shipping lanes and the economy in this region. nobody wants to see a shooting war. nobody wants to see any instability in the region. >> all right. barbara, thank you for breaking the story, and obviously, giving us the latest details. appreciate it. >>> this guy, he literally broke his back serving his country. well, now he is helping other vets put their lives back together. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping
what is the concern for the pentagon now? >> well, you know, that's exactly why these are out there conducting this surveillance. it's absolutely critical. >> to keep the oil shipping lanes open free, no problems on the waters. our concern is that iran, if it takes a military action, would begin in the gulf by mining those waters, so the drones are helpful in keeping a wide surveillance from above, watching the waters making sure nobody is putting out any mines. it's all about the...
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the pentagon says they haven't heard back from teheran. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you. >>> now, to the northeast where nature is delivering this one-two punch. take a look. as if sandy didn't deliver enough to you in this region. folks just trying to recover of last week's superstorm are being hit by a cold, cruel nor'easter. that means snow. it means wind. it means freezing rain for a lot of you here. i know the last thing in the world this region needs, more power outages. listen now to new jersey's governor react to this latest weather threat. >> i said i'm waiting for the locusts and pestilence next. you know? >> hopefully nolo custs, chris christie. here's what the nor'easter is delivering. more than a foot of snow in some areas. new round of evacuations. power outages stretching from delaware to maine and along with the misery, the storm is fueling anger. want to begin our coverage here with the misery. bitter, bitter cold temperatures. no lights. no heating. this nor'easter knocking out power to many who recently as perhaps recent as yesterday got it back. many f
the pentagon says they haven't heard back from teheran. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you. >>> now, to the northeast where nature is delivering this one-two punch. take a look. as if sandy didn't deliver enough to you in this region. folks just trying to recover of last week's superstorm are being hit by a cold, cruel nor'easter. that means snow. it means wind. it means freezing rain for a lot of you here. i know the last thing in the world this region needs, more power...
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the pentagon is not looking for a shooting war with the iranians. top officials are very clear about this. but what were the iranians up to? are they trying to send a signal of more aggressiveness over those critical oil shipping lanes? the pentagon, the obama administration can only let the iranians go so far. if they try this again, that's really the key question. it might have been an unmanned drone, but how far do you really let the iranians go in such a critical economic area, wolf? >> all right, barbara. i know you'll stay on top of this. thank you. let's get back to politics. right now president obama certainly owes his re-election to an extremely well-organized campaign. you know all about the rallies. you know about the political ads, the armys of volunteers. but you may not know very much about the campaign and how much it knew about you. you. our brian todd has been digging into the data crunching that helped the campaign tailor its winning strategy, data mining as it's called. >> right. >> it's a fascinating detail. explain to our viewer
the pentagon is not looking for a shooting war with the iranians. top officials are very clear about this. but what were the iranians up to? are they trying to send a signal of more aggressiveness over those critical oil shipping lanes? the pentagon, the obama administration can only let the iranians go so far. if they try this again, that's really the key question. it might have been an unmanned drone, but how far do you really let the iranians go in such a critical economic area, wolf?...
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. >> chris: jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks. >>> the air force is changing how it selects those responsible for training recruits following a sex scandal in which dozen of women say they were improperly approached, sexually harassed or rapeed. an investigating officer said bad instructors took advantage of a weak oversight system where the supervisors did not adequately take a look at them. >>> david petraeus shows up at another place you would not expect to find him. that is later on the grapevine. straight ahead, president obama vows to stick to his ginguns, this time on taxes. ye. [ thinking ] woer what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relf ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. [ smeet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with better mpg. say hi to the all-
. >> chris: jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks. >>> the air force is changing how it selects those responsible for training recruits following a sex scandal in which dozen of women say they were improperly approached, sexually harassed or rapeed. an investigating officer said bad instructors took advantage of a weak oversight system where the supervisors did not adequately take a look at them. >>> david petraeus shows up at another place you would not...
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this week the pentagon released the names of four soldiers killed in afghanistan. >>> and when we come back, election night predictions. which of you got it right? i'm a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversification. choices. my own ideas. ishares. i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. ishares. 9 out of 10 large, professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. introducing the ishares core, etfs for the heart of your portfolio. tax efficient and low cost building blocks to help you keep more of what you earn. call your advisor. visit ishares.com. ishares. yeah, ishares. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges
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washington in the last five years or so is that much of what had traditionally been under the purview of the pentagon moved over to the cia because they had to do things like, you know, violate pakistani air space and that sort of thing. i don't tend to think it will complicate u.s. foreign policy. i don't see it leading to any change in policy. it's just the loss of a good and very bright man. >> yeah. colonel jack, officials say that general petraeus' deputy, michael morell, will serve as interim director of the cia. what do we know about michael morell? >> very well thought of inside the organization and ems where, particularly in congress and at the white house. >> a career intelligence -- >> career intelligence -- effectively a career intelligence guy. very capable, extremely steady and very well thought of. and this is, of course, the highest position he has or will ever hold. the likelihood is he will be replaced as soon as they can find somebody who is more politically oriented, more satisfactory in a political sense to the white house, but they can leave him there for a long time doing this.
washington in the last five years or so is that much of what had traditionally been under the purview of the pentagon moved over to the cia because they had to do things like, you know, violate pakistani air space and that sort of thing. i don't tend to think it will complicate u.s. foreign policy. i don't see it leading to any change in policy. it's just the loss of a good and very bright man. >> yeah. colonel jack, officials say that general petraeus' deputy, michael morell, will serve...
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all right, barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you. >>> and much more on the petraeus scandal later on "starting point." soledad is going to be talking with cnn military analyst general james "spider" marks and retired army brigadier general mark kimmitt. >>> president obama observed veterans day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery, as he does. he paid tribute to service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> on this day we thank all of our veterans from all of our wars, not just for your service to this country, but for reminding us why america is and always will be the greatest nation on earth. >> the president also pointed out that this is the first veterans day in ten years that no americans are serving in iraq. >>> about 50 days to go until the fiscal cliff. the big news this weekend was conservative pundit and weekly standard editor bill kristol telling republicans it was time to fall on their swords. >> the conservative movement has to pull back, let people float their id
all right, barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you. >>> and much more on the petraeus scandal later on "starting point." soledad is going to be talking with cnn military analyst general james "spider" marks and retired army brigadier general mark kimmitt. >>> president obama observed veterans day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery, as he does. he paid tribute to service members who made the ultimate sacrifice....
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to continue to pour billions into its defense budget the second largest in the world this may worry pentagon planners and beijing's asian neighbors but so far china's economic might has proven more powerful than the sword the other two nations which are fighting in their words what is america what is china so america is using which is water and that is it out of losses and china is using up peacefully and civilized it is no loss and if the strategy is working why change it chinese leaders understand the even portions of soft power. and yet understand you come. to some extent and it's made good. to be studied if not to be followed completely for now a growing red dragon means that china's version of a new world order is here to stay you seek out r.t. moscow was still a decade the ruling party gathers to select the next generation. on the car to the door to dot com. london remains worlds apart from the paymaster on the debated seven year budget that's after crunch downing street talks with his german counterpart the british prime minister reaffirmed he would not accept any proposed hike can sp
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but first, we go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she has more on this developing story, breaking headline after headline today. barbara, where is general allen right now? what is his reaction to these allegations of potentially inappropriate e-mails? >> reporter: well, erin, general allen is said to be here in washington. in fact, he flew here from afghanistan, because on thursday he was supposed to have that senate confirmation hearing to become the military head of nato, all of that now on hold. sources close to general allen have told our own nick paton walsh that allen says he did not have an affair with jill kelley, a pentagon official has also said directly that general allen denies any affair, any extra marital involvement with jill kelley. but look, erin. the reality here is, defense secretary leon panetta ordered up a full-blown inspector general investigation, and a lot of people around the pentagon say leon panetta wouldn't have done that unless there was something that needed to be looked into. >> and barbara, what's you
but first, we go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she has more on this developing story, breaking headline after headline today. barbara, where is general allen right now? what is his reaction to these allegations of potentially inappropriate e-mails? >> reporter: well, erin, general allen is said to be here in washington. in fact, he flew here from afghanistan, because on thursday he was supposed to have that senate confirmation hearing to become the military head of nato,...
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the pentagon says it's about 30,000 pages of documents. they may not all be e-mails, but a good portion of them are e-mails between allen and jill kelley. pentagon official telling reporters today in his words, they may have been inappropriately flirtatious. what does that mean? well, the word on the street is that he might have written some of these e-mails and maybe in some cases called her sweetheart. nothing more meant by it, we're told, than he's a virginia gentleman but, and it's a big but, on the other hand, defense secretary leon panetta ordered up a full-blown inspector general investigation, knowing he would set off a new firestorm across washington and leon panetta doesn't do that lightly. people on the other side tell us panetta would not have done it if there wasn't something to all this. >> right. the woman at the center of all this, this woman jill kelley, i'll turn to you, suzanne, on this. i want to play a tape, a 911 tape of kelley calling the tampa police to complain about people who were around the house, citing her sta
the pentagon says it's about 30,000 pages of documents. they may not all be e-mails, but a good portion of them are e-mails between allen and jill kelley. pentagon official telling reporters today in his words, they may have been inappropriately flirtatious. what does that mean? well, the word on the street is that he might have written some of these e-mails and maybe in some cases called her sweetheart. nothing more meant by it, we're told, than he's a virginia gentleman but, and it's a big...
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i want to bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, adultery can be a crime in the military but it is not in the cia. it can, however, be a risky, risky endeavor. are there any indications at this point that our national security was threatened in the petraeus case? >> well, ashleigh, so far there is no indication of that but the facts have not come out in public. earlier today retired general james "spider "marks who broadwell once worked for and knows petraeus addressed this very question. >> there's absolutely almost zero percent chance that national security was compromised or was at risk. now, clearly, based on an initial investigation, there might have been classified documents that were found on her laptop. again, that might be more procedural than it is a large risk. so that needs to be looked into and that needs to be put aside so you can end that discussion and frankly you can let dave petraeus and paula go on with their lives because frankly the cia is going to be okay. >> look, by all accounts, broadwell, a reservi
i want to bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, adultery can be a crime in the military but it is not in the cia. it can, however, be a risky, risky endeavor. are there any indications at this point that our national security was threatened in the petraeus case? >> well, ashleigh, so far there is no indication of that but the facts have not come out in public. earlier today retired general james "spider "marks who broadwell once worked for and knows...
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barbara starr reporting at the pentagon, appreciate that. fascinating stuff tonight. we'll see what he says exactly tomorrow. >>> now a look at today's briefings on benghazi. in closed door sessions, you might not have heard this, members of the congressional intelligence committees watched a video that was recovered from the u.s. consulate compound in libya showing them what happened as the attack unfolded. some of the video was taken by a drone according to law makers we spoke with. dana bash is on capitol hill for us tonight. she's got more reaction to the video. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, the video we're told was actually a combination of what was recovered from the consulate, actual closed circuit video, and video that was gotten from drones above, and what we're told, at least i'm told by one source who is in one of the briefings is that you could actually see the attack real-time, including christopher stevens, the ambassador who was one of the four americans killed, being dragged out of the attack. the other thing that is just clearly chilling,
barbara starr reporting at the pentagon, appreciate that. fascinating stuff tonight. we'll see what he says exactly tomorrow. >>> now a look at today's briefings on benghazi. in closed door sessions, you might not have heard this, members of the congressional intelligence committees watched a video that was recovered from the u.s. consulate compound in libya showing them what happened as the attack unfolded. some of the video was taken by a drone according to law makers we spoke with....
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that's still the subject of a pentagon investigation. how did it get to that point after starting out as a complaint from kelley about harassing e-mails from someone else? the fbi isn't commenting on its investigation. but cnn has new information from tom fuentes who spoke to sources with knowledge of the probe. he says after kelley complained to an fbi agent about the harassing e-mails, agents from the bureau's cyber crime unit got a subpoena and got the internet service provider to give them information on who owned the account of the sender. >> what's the internet address they are being transmitted by. >> reporter: that likely would have been more than one internet address. news reports say paula broadwell, now known as the person sending harassing e-mails to kelley believed to send them from various places. depending on where the computer was plugged in, the sender would have different ip addresses. an expert on internet monitoring explains what the fbi likely did next. >> so what they did is they determined that she logged into this
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the pentagon says that two iranian su-25 jets fired their guns on a u.s. air force drone conducting routine but classified surveillance over the persian gulf. the drone was not hit, it turned back, trying to turn away from iran, and the pentagon says the two iranian jets continued to chase it, circling around it, and tried to continue to fire. the question now is, this is the first time this has happened. what is iran really up to? are they just trying to cause trouble, are they really trying to start a shooting war over the persian gulf? this is a question for intelligence analysts to which there is no real answer right now. we are told. but it definitely raises tensions in a very critical part of the world. those oil shipping lanes, heavy commercial air traffic through that region. this is not a place where anyone wants to see a shooting war erupt. carol? >> barbara starr reporting from the pentagon this morning. >>> new york still digging out this morning after a one-two punch of a superstorm and nor'easter, both storms complicated by the fact that 282,
the pentagon says that two iranian su-25 jets fired their guns on a u.s. air force drone conducting routine but classified surveillance over the persian gulf. the drone was not hit, it turned back, trying to turn away from iran, and the pentagon says the two iranian jets continued to chase it, circling around it, and tried to continue to fire. the question now is, this is the first time this has happened. what is iran really up to? are they just trying to cause trouble, are they really trying...
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our pentagon correspondent barbara starr's been watching what's going on. barbara, what is the u.s. military most concerned about right now? >> wolf, as they watch that call-up of 75,000 israeli reservists, that is the concern. is this leading to a ground war? we've talked to officials here who say the major concern israel will move in on the ground. and that will be a significant escalation that will reverberate throughout the region. so here's the calculation. how far will hamas go in continuing its rocketed mortar attacks into israel? they know that if they pull back, the israelis presumably will pullback and this dangerous escalation can be avoided. if there is a ground war, if israeli troops cross that border, the tanks and troops, and go into gaza, the next concern is what egypt will do. egypt's new government very fragile. will it feel the pressure to move? will it come into sanai, all of this now at the end of a long week in washington. >> diplomats in the region and around the world are working hard behind the scenes to stop this from becoming an all-out war. what are you h
our pentagon correspondent barbara starr's been watching what's going on. barbara, what is the u.s. military most concerned about right now? >> wolf, as they watch that call-up of 75,000 israeli reservists, that is the concern. is this leading to a ground war? we've talked to officials here who say the major concern israel will move in on the ground. and that will be a significant escalation that will reverberate throughout the region. so here's the calculation. how far will hamas go in...